Christmas in Maia

Christmas in Maia was a spin-off contest based off of Maia Song Contest, but with a christmas theme. It was hosted in the KSU Arena, which is located in Pojkland, Temekylopia. An invitation was issued to all countries who have competed in Maia Song Contest atleast once. There was a hard-limit of max 25 countries competing, which lead to 25 countries participating in this one-off song contest. The winner was revealed on the 14th of December, and it was Björnska, who sent the artist AURORA with the song "Winter Bird".

Layout and rules
The contest was very similar to Maia Song Contest 1, in which it will not have any semi-finals, but instead it had one grand final. This means that there was a max limit of 25 competing countries.

To be able to participate in Christmas in Maia, you have to have participated in at least one edition of Maia Song Contest. You were not allowed to compete if you were currently banned from the competition.

You may only have sent an artist that your country had claimed (or is unclaimed), or if you hapened to receive permission from the country that has claimed the artist you were planning to use. One artist could NOT represent two countries.

The songs that were allowed to participate had the requirement to be themed around christmas, or contain elements of christmas in the song, such as, for example, christmas-y instruments (such as bells), lyrics themed around christmas/santa/winter, or other stuff that may make it sound like a christmas song. Songs about other religious events around christmas (such as hanukkah, kwanzaa etc.) were also allowed.

You were allowed to use cover versions of christmas songs, however, two countries could not submit the same song by two different artists. The same rule applied even if the songs were in different languages (for example: if person 1 submitted "Jingle Bells" in English, and person 2 submitted "Jingle Bells" in Swedish, person 2 would be forced to change their song.)

There was not a requirement for the song to have a music video.

Points were given out in the same way that you do in Maia Song Contest, by giving out 1-8, 10 and 12 points to your top 10.

Grand Final
A playlist can be found here. A recap can be found here.

The full scoreboard can be found here. A video showcasing the results can be found here.


 * 1.As the hosts of the contest, Temekylopia was randomly allocated to perform 12th. The other countries were also randomly drawn to perform in either the first or second half of the contest.
 * 2.Due to failure of voting on time, Fronezenchya got their votes reduced by 50%.

Other countries
Eligibility for potential participation in the Maia Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active MBU membership that would be able to broadcast the contest. The MBU will issue an invitation of participation in the contest to all active members.


 * - Brilliania was originally set to compete, but due to a scandal involving the head of delegation, Brilliania was banned from future Maia Song Contest editions, and therefore is not eligible to compete in Christams in Maia.


 * - The partially recognised micro-state of Mischen originally showed interest in Christmas in Maia, however since they have never competed in Maia Song Contest, they were denied participation in Christmas in Maia.


 * - Tanviqua was originally set to compete, however, they failed to pick and make their entry public, and due to this, Uslye replaced them in the contest.